Selecting Candidates for Lung Cancer Screening: Implications for Effectiveness, Efficiency, Equity, and Implementation
Authors: Renda Soylemez Wiener, Michael K. Gould
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2023)

EditorialsMarch 2023Selecting Candidates for Lung Cancer Screening: Implications for Effectiveness, Efficiency, Equity, and ImplementationRenda Soylemez Wiener, MD, MPH and Michael K. Gould, MD, MSRenda Soylemez Wiener, MD, MPHCenter for Health Organization and Implementation Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, and The Pulmonary Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts and Michael K. Gould, MD, MSDepartment of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CaliforniaAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M23-0230 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail To optimize population-level outcomes, guideline developers should consider how their recommendations will impact the National Academy of Medicine's 6 domains of high-quality care: effectiveness, efficiency, equity, patient-centeredness, safety, and timeliness (1). Microsimulation models to inform the 2021 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening (LCS) guidelines (2) suggested that using predicted risk for developing or dying of lung cancer to select candidates for LCS would be more effective at preventing lung cancer deaths and result in greater life-year gains than approaches based on categorical age and smoking cutoffs (3). The current study by Toumazis and colleagues (4) (including ...References1. 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Gould, MD, MSAffiliations: Center for Health Organization and Implementation Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, and The Pulmonary Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MassachusettsDepartment of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CaliforniaNote: The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the U.S. government.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M23-0230.Corresponding Author: Renda Soylemez Wiener, MD, MPH, CHOIR, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Avenue (152M), Jamaica Plain Campus, Building 9, Boston, MA 02130; e-mail, renda.wiener@va.gov.This article was published at Annals.org on 7 February 2023. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoRisk Model–Based Lung Cancer Screening Iakovos Toumazis , Pianpian Cao , Koen de Nijs , Mehrad Bastani , Vidit Munshi , Mehdi Hemmati , Kevin ten Haaf , Jihyoun Jeon , Martin Tammemägi , G. Scott Gazelle , Eric J. Feuer , Chung Yin Kong , Rafael Meza , Harry J. de Koning , Sylvia K. Plevritis , and Summer S. Han Metrics March 2023Volume 176, Issue 3Page: 413-414KeywordsCancer screeningCost effectiveness analysisHealth screeningLung cancer screeningPreventive medicine ePublished: 7 February 2023 Issue Published: March 2023 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2023 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...